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In the absolute slums, he finds the mercenary. He hired in dog Asta and put him on retainer, asking for him to find good men or bad men whichever type would get the job done. He warned him about the Turkish potentially invading.

He tells J that he must find a wife and not Ardee West. He also tells him that he should not have contact with his father and the agreement he made with Jay’s father as youth.

Glotka is in bed playing with his jewels, not a euphemism when salt arrives and starts screaming at him. He wants G to look into be and the story of J’s birth. He hands that task off to his practical.

They attend the closed council which Jay is at first worried about and quickly realizes that they do not want to hear his opinion on the topic of Burrs successor he demands that Colonel West be promoted whichever one tells him can’t be done. He has an outburst injuring one of the councilman, and “showing his teeth“

B is happy that he showed some life but warns him against showing that rage to him

Logen makes it to the hill chiefs camp. It’s a shit show, the walls are able to be tread over, there barley room for the soldiers. The whole camp is in disarray. The chief keeps talking about the moon and seems totally insane. The whole plan is about to fall apart with the south not coming and they don’t even realize it.

Jezal is being tailored for new clothes with B teaching him about what it is to be king

Burr passed away and his two generals won’t support Dogmans mission without orders.

The open counsel is about to vote for a new king when Bayaz announces that the king had a bastard who is none other then Jazel. Suddenly his interest in the lad makes total Sense. JL reflects on how he never looked like his siblings and the king once confused him for a son. He is sworn in as king

Tanner, the man who stored up the rebels sends a long look at Bayaz giving the impression that they had prearranged this.

Dogman is given the charge of finding a hole in Bethods front

On his way back to the city he is kidnapped by the merchant women he let free in the Dogasta. She was warned to stay away but.she figures she has all the leverage with Sult being told by Glotka that she was dead. She warns him about the gurkish preparing a navy. Yulwei had previously mentioned this as well.

Jazel tastes his first battle plan and negotiations and panics. Luckily Bayaz was there to hold his hand

Glotka is negotiating with his rival in the most charming of locations. A literal pig sty. Through the grunting and odor his rival mentioned that pigs will eat anything then became to a man behind them approaching with a knife. The man is shot through the chest with an arrow. G assumed the man was up to no good and had his practicals set up to kill him just in case.

He points out there direction and the watch tries to stop him from entering the camp before realizing it’s the blood nine and kindof freaks out.
He meets his buddy’s and they have a laugh but Logen keeps getting dirty looks. Seems his time as Bethods right hand man has not made him many friends. We learn he cut shivers older brothers arms and legs off while he was alive and nailed him to a wall

L9 has a letter from Bayaz as he heads north towards the fight with Bethod. Along the way the group he is traveling with is ambushed. He tracks the ambushes through the woods and waits for them to fall asleep before killing all 6 of them then cutting off their thumbs for proof to the southerners. When he arrives at the battle he sees West right away and asks after the northerners